Means for illuminating dispensing containers



Feb. 2' 1932. H. E. HUTCHlSbN 1,843,512

MEANS FOR ILLUMINATING DISPENSING CONTAINERS Filed March 7, 1931 gwuzntoz El/aitfiis on Patented Feb. 2, 1932 UNETED STATES HARLEY E. HUTCHISON, F HOTCHKISS, COLORADO MEANS FOR ILLUMINATING DISPENSING CONTAINERS Application filed March 7,

This invention relates to means for illuminating dispensing containers and more particularly to a means for interiorly illuminating the transparent dispensing containers.

An important object of the invention is to provide a construction permitting immersion of an electrical illuminating element in the contents of the container without actual contact between the contents and the globe or casing of the illuminating element.

A further object of the invention is to provide a construction such that the socket of the illuminating element may act as a handle for the cover of the container.

A still further object of the invention is to provide a novel and improved bowl construction for the reception of the illuminating element within the container and a support therefor so arranged that they may be readily removed to enable the same to be cleansed.

These and other objects I attain by the construction shown in the accompanying drawings, wherein for the purpose of illustration is shown a preferred embodiment of my invention and wherein Figure 1 is a vertical sectional View through a receptacle embodying illuminating apparatus constructed in accordance with my invention Figure 2 is a plan View of the bowl suport.

p Referring now more particularly to the drawings, the numeral indicates an opentopped receptacle of glass or other transparent material and 11 indicates a removable cover therefor, by the removal of which the contents of the container may be replenished or the interior of the container cleansed.

In accordance with my invention, I provide this cover centrally with an opening 12, in which is secured a socket '13 for an electrical illuminating element 14. The socket 13 is preferably of that type having a contained switch, designated at 15, and projects above the upper surface of the cover to provide a knob or handle, by which the cover may be manipulated. The illuminating element employed is preferably of the elongated type and 50 the length thereof will depend upon the depth 1931. Serial No. 520,912.

of the container and the extent to which the same is to be illuminated.

I further provide a spider including a hub 16 and radiating arms 17, the ends of which are arranged upon a circumference slightly less than the internal diameter of the receptacle 10. The outer ends of these arms are provided with rubber-suction cups 18 adapted to engage against the wall of the container and, by gripping thereon, to support the spider. The hub 16 of the spider has a central aperture 19, and the upper surface of the spider about the edges of this aperture is rabbeted, as at 20. The numeral21 designates a bowl in the form of a cylinder having its lower end closed and its upper end open. At its upper end, it is provided with an outwardly extending flange 22 adapted to seat in the rabbet 20 of the spider hub. Pivoted upon the spider hub is a catch 23, which may be swung over the flanged end of the bowl to hold the same depressed against the natural tendency of the bowl to float in the fluid contained in the receptacle.

It will be obvious that this bowl may be r-emoved for cleaning without removal of the spider, this being accomplished by releasing the catch when the buoyance of the bowl will cause it to rise to a point where it may be readily grasped with the fingers and removed. so

To guard against breakage of the globe of the illuminating element 18 in the insertion and removal thereof, or due to any accidental motion imparted'to the cover 11, I provide upon the interior of the bowl a mesh tube 24. This tube is open-topped, but may have its lower end closed, as indicated.

It will be obvious that with a construction of this character, the several parts may be readily cleansed or removed at any time that their assembly is desirable. It will further-, more be obvious that the construction hereinbefore set forth is capable of a certain range of change and modification without materially departing from the spirit of the invention and I accordinglydo not limit myself to such specific structure except as hereinafter claimed.

I claim 1. In combination with an open-topped transparent receptacle and a cover therefor, an illuminating element supported from the cover and extending downwardly into the container, a support detachably engaging the 5 walls of the container adjacent the top thereof, a bowl carried by the support and surrounding the illuminating element, said bowl being in the form of a tube having its lower end closed and having a flange at its upper end seating upon the support and a member shiftable upon the support and inone position 1 thereof engaging said flange and preventing vertical movement of the bowl.

2. In combination with an open-topped transparent receptacle and a cover therefor having an aperture, a socket secured in said aperture, an electrical illuminating element mounted in said socket and extending downwardly into the container, the socket embody- 10 ing portions extending above the upper surface of the cover and affording a knob where by the same may be manipulated, a supportdetachably engaging the-interior walls of the container adjacent the top thereof, a bowl carried by the support and into which the illuminating element extends, said support comprising a spider the arms of which are ar ranged upon a circumference of less diameter than the internal diameter of the container,

0 and suction cups carried by the outer ends of the arms for engagement with the walls of the container.

3. In combination with an open-topped transparentreceptacle and a cover therefor, 3;, an illuminating element supported from the cover and extending downwardly into the container, a spider within the receptacle having a hub and radiating arms, the ends of the arms being arranged upon a diameter less 4,0 than the internal diameter of the receptacle and having suction cups for engagement therewith and a bowl carried by the support and surrounding the illuminating element.

4. In combination with an open-topped an transparent receptacle and a cover therefor, an illuminating element supported from the cover and extending downwardly into the container, a spider within the receptacle having a hub and radiating arms, the ends of the arms being arranged upon a diameter less than the internal diameter of the receptacle and having suction cups for engagement therewith, a bowl carried by the support and surrounding the illuminating element, the 1 hub of the spider having an opening through which the bowl is extended, the bowl having a flange seating upon the hub of the spider, and means upon the hub of the spider for preventing the vertical movement of the bowl.

"9 In testimony whereof I hereunto afllx my signature.

HARLEY E. HUTCHISON. 

